Henby soggs



No. 61,771. Patented Feb. 5. 1867.

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IMPROVED GAR-COUPLING.

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T'O WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, HENRY SOGlErS, of Columbus, in the county of Warren, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful improvements in Car-Couplings; and I do hereby declare the following to be an exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents a. lohgitudinal sectional view of the coupling.

Figure 2, a front view. I

Figure 3, a top view. 7

The nature of my invention consists in a. flat spring in .the upper side of the mouth, for holding the link straight, for self-coupling and the self-adjusting catch on the outside of the coupling-head, to drop the bolt when the cars are connecting or moving together to .be coupled.

A represents the square coupling head; B the connctingdink; C the bolt, with a chain, 1),.attached to the top to secure the bolt; E is the fiat steel Spring fastened permanently, by screws or otherwise, to the top of the coupling-head A, and the rear end of the spring bending back with the shape of thehead, and an aperture for the bolt to passthrough the springpand as the link B enters the coupling-head its horizontal position is maintained by the pressure of the rear end of the spring upon the end of the link. The catch is a flat, pivoted, and adjustable cap, G, operating on each side of the head A, on pivots'H. A flat projecting plate, J extends from the 'top of the cap back, with an aperture through it, in which the bolt 0 is passed, and a niche, M, for the notch N. of the bolt to rest in, when the bolt is raised up, and as the coupling-heads A come together the front part of the caps G come in contact, pressing the caps back, and throw off the bolt from its rest, M, and the bolt falls down through the link and the cars are self-coupled. Y

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The flat spring in the upper side of the mouth of the coupling-head, and the self-adjusting catch on the outside of the head, when arranged, constructed, and operated as herein described and for the purposesvset forth.

HENRY SOGGS.

Witnesses:

J. FRANKLIN Rnrenn'r,

J03 BARNETT. 

